Slander vs Betell - What's the difference?
slander | betell |
A false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken or published), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement.
To speak or tell about; declare; narrate; describe.
*1938 , Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (U.S.), Locomotive engineers journal :
*2001 , Donna Morrissey, Kit's Law: A Novel :
*2009 , Dean R. Koontz, Odd Hours :
To speak for; answer for; justify.
To lay claim to; win; rescue.
(rare) To talk about negatively; slander; calumniate; deride; deceive.
As verbs the difference between slander and betell
is that slander is to utter a slanderous statement while betell is to speak or tell about; declare; narrate; describe.As a noun slander
is a false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken or published), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement.slander
English
(wikipedia slander)Alternative forms
* slandre (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* See alsoSynonyms
* defame * libel (always in writing) * See alsoSee also
* defamationAnagrams
*betell
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Verb
- Occasionally we do see some short-line road whose track and equipment are kept in such good repair as to betell of exceptional prosperity; [...]
- Sid's face disappeared and one of his cursed Gods was glaring instead, through gouged-out sockets that betold of his having loved that which was denied him, a law that not even legends could do away with.
- The air pooled in stillness because the winds had died and would never breathe again, and the silence betold a world of solid stone, where the planetary core had gone cold, where no rivers ran and seas no longer stirred with tides, [...]